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It will be looked at carefully, before going back into stock (Photo: Pixabay)

Book overdue for 43 years returned to UK library

The biography of local poet and writer Edwin Muir by P H Butter was due to be returned to Orkney Library before October...

27 Jan 2017 7:57 PM IST

$Society associates not just ability in math and science with men and boys but also the notion of being \brilliant\ (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Young girls think 'genius' is only a male trait

Stereotypes are powerful. They often influence the types of careers people see themselves in and ultimately choose.

27 Jan 2017 7:10 PM IST

The manager said they dont have rodents (Photo: Facebook)

'Seen rat' discount for customers at restaurant

The woman posted a picture of the bill on social media causing embarrassment for the restaurant.

27 Jan 2017 6:33 PM IST

The study says that sex toys will not give women a vaginal infection because the banned substances are lesser than imagined. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sex toys are safer than children's toys: study

The sex toys contain only two percent of banned substances than those used in children's toys

27 Jan 2017 5:29 PM IST

If a person has had idli, the app will tell how many calories have been consumed (Photo: Pixabay)

New app to inform about nutritional value of Indian food

The app is being developed using the data from Indian Food Composition Tables-2017.

27 Jan 2017 4:55 PM IST

They underwent two days of training before the wedding (Photo: YouTube)

Couple get married in undersea wedding near Kerala

Nikhil from Maharashtra and Slovakian national Eunika met in Kovalam and got married four metres under water.

27 Jan 2017 4:38 PM IST

Women who had surgeries that cut out at least one centimeter of tissue were more than twice as likely to those who didnt have surgeries. (AFP)

Pre-cancer cervical surgery tied to the birth of small babies

The odds of pregnancy complications triple when it happens in the first year after surgery

27 Jan 2017 4:03 PM IST

The author recently finished writing Death Under The Deodars: The Adventures of Miss Ripley-Bean and spoke about helping young writers at Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet at Victoria Memorial. (Photo: AP)

Ruskin Bond hopes to inspire young writers with autobiography

The writer has started penning down his autobiography recently

27 Jan 2017 3:49 PM IST

The duck and tiger chase was shot at the Symbio Wildlife Park in Sydney which happened for over 10 minutes. (Photo: Youtube/Symbio Wildlife Park)

Duck teasing Tiger in Sydney Zoo is going viral

The duck Jerry is seen playfully intimidating Jalur, the Sumatran tiger in the pond

27 Jan 2017 1:10 PM IST

As milennials are having less sex, is this the alternative (Photo: Pixabay)

Video games help handle stress better than sex: study

Women picked reading and art over sex and porn for surviving stressful times.

27 Jan 2017 12:44 PM IST

Stepping instead of sitting for short periods was linked to a 7 percent drop in fasting insulin (Photo: AFP)

Sitting less can reduce risk of diabetes

People who replaced 30 minutes of prolonged sitting time with shorter bouts of sitting had a 4 percent reduction in...

27 Jan 2017 12:13 PM IST

After a while your ecosystem reaches a steady state and you stop smelling bad (Photo: Pixabay)

Taking showers too often damages immune system

While the thought of giving up showering completely doesn't sound too appealing, some people have given it a go.

27 Jan 2017 12:00 PM IST